Poros
Πόρος
A pine-clad island in the Saronic Gulf, with a clock tower overlooking a whitewashed hill town and a narrow strait. It is often combined with Hydra and Aegina on a three-island day cruise.
Poros lies just a few hundred metres across a strait from the Peloponnese peninsula. The harbour town climbs the hillside in tiers of whitewashed walls and red-tiled roofs, and the clock tower at the top gives sweeping views over the strait and across to Galatas. The island is covered in dense pine forest, and you can hire a car or bike to visit the Temple of Poseidon ruins, the Zoodochos Pigi Monastery and Love Bay, a good spot for a swim. The fast ferry from Piraeus takes about an hour, and the slower ferry about 2.5 hours. Saronic three-island day cruises from Athens usually stop here for about an hour, but if you want to explore properly, consider staying overnight.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Hydra
- Aegina
- Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
- Lake Vouliagmeni
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
- Philopappos Hill
- Pnyx
- Acropolis Museum